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Re: iPadOS

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Post by sneakernets »

ihuman wrote: post #24
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #16

This feels like it could become a repeat of Android Honeycomb, but iOS is a much more mature operating system now than Android was at the time, so I guess we'll have to wait and see.

What happened with Honeycomb?

AFAIK, Honeycomb was primarily for tablets due to the (then current) UI scaling terribly and primarily being for portrait orientation. This was the era of 320x240 screens, after all, so there was bound to be some issues when scaling that up to tablet resolutions.

Since most of the improvements ended up being useful for the upcoming "phablets" as much as tablets, Google just merged those features into Jelly Bean and gave up on a separate tablet UI.

Re: iPadOS

#42

Post by sib »

xienze wrote: post #35
McDev wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iPads still don't have a calculator app? I find that baffling.

It's probably because the iPhone calculator app is a four function calculator, and porting that as-is to the iPad would look absolutely comical.

They could port a version of the view of the app that shows up when you turn the phone into landscape mode.

Re: iPadOS

#43

Post by kayamon »

xienze wrote: post #35
McDev wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iPads still don't have a calculator app? I find that baffling.

It's probably because the iPhone calculator app is a four function calculator, and porting that as-is to the iPad would look absolutely comical.

If you turn it to landscape you get a scientific calculator.

Re: iPadOS

#44

Post by mandeepj »

sib wrote: post #42
xienze wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's probably because the iPhone calculator app is a four function calculator, and porting that as-is to the iPad would look absolutely comical.

They could port a version of the view of the app that shows up when you turn the phone into landscape mode.

You meant to say Scientific calculator?

Re: iPadOS

#45

Post by valine »

sylens wrote: post #5

the multi-tasking/multi-window looks incredibly complicated, full of hidden gestures/commands that aren't really discoverable

Honestly that's exactly what the iPad needs. The focus on discoverability has crippled the iPad since the beginning, so its about time Apple started making the iPad faster to use. Software designed to maximize productivity always has a learning curve.

Re: iPadOS

#46

Post by lavezzi »

xienze wrote: post #35
McDev wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iPads still don't have a calculator app? I find that baffling.

It's probably because the iPhone calculator app is a four function calculator, and porting that as-is to the iPad would look absolutely comical.

That's not correct. Use it in landscape mode and see the difference.

Re: iPadOS

#47

Post by xienze »

kayamon wrote: post #43
xienze wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's probably because the iPhone calculator app is a four function calculator, and porting that as-is to the iPad would look absolutely comical.

If you turn it to landscape you get a scientific calculator.

Huh. All these years I've never thought to do that, always thought it was just a four function calculator.

Even the scientific calculator would look pretty silly blown up that large though.

Re: iPadOS

#49

Post by p_l »

ihuman wrote: post #24
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #16

This feels like it could become a repeat of Android Honeycomb, but iOS is a much more mature operating system now than Android was at the time, so I guess we'll have to wait and see.

What happened with Honeycomb?

Honeycomb was rushed release to get proper tablet support out, and essentially wasn't released for phones (it worked there, but badly). Once the catchup on mobile side was done, you got unified 4.0
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